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After his foray into Space Jam: A New Legacy From the hand of Warner Bros. Pictures, the NBA star has a new project. He will return to focus on the world of basketball.
Lebron James He is no longer a stranger to the world of cinema and series, where he is increasingly involved in front of and behind the camera. Last year, for example, he was the central figure of Space Jam: A New Legacy distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and that today you can see through hbo max, where he followed in the footsteps of another eminence of basketball as Michael Jordan. Now, he is ready to reprise the role he had as a producer.
Unlike last year, his new project will link him to the most important studio in the world: Disney. It was reported that he will be one of the people behind the development of a new series that will be seen through Disney+. It is an adaptation of a novel written by Kwame Alexander, which has been rumored for some time that it could reach the small screen and now it will do so with the label of 20thTelevision.
The story will be an adaptation of crossover, a children’s book Alexander published in 2014. The plot revolves around two brothers, Josh and JB Bell, who are great basketball players and seem to be the promises of the sport. The central character is Josh, who tells the story of him and his brother as they are raised by their father, a former professional player who takes care of them while their mother tries to achieve her own dreams.
“We are honored to be able to bring the audience of Disney+this moving, emotional and poetic story of Kwame Alexander”assured Ayo Davis, President of Disney Branded Television. The production has already confirmed the actors who will give life to the protagonists, and they will be Jaylyn Hall as Josh, and Amir O’Neil as JB. The distribution will be completed by Derek Luke, Sabrina Revelle, Skyla I’Lece, Deja Monique Cruz and Trevor Raine Bush.
The movie that LeBron James starred in and few remember
spacejam it was not the first time Lebron James stepped on a set as an actor. Some time ago, in 2015, the elite athlete was one of the guest figures of trainwreck, the comedy of Judd Apatow who starred Amy Schumer and Bill Hader. The story focused on Amy, a journalist who is assigned to write a profile on a top-tier sports doctor when she not only doesn’t understand but is totally uninterested in sports, but ends up unexpectedly in love with her interviewee. In trainwreck, LeBron played a version of herself that was friendly with Aaron, the doctor embodied by bill hader.
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LeBron James returns to produce, this time for Disney